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  • He hooted that Lawton had been a failure as a lawyer, that he had never tried a felony case, never had appellate experience, never argued a case before the Georgia Supreme Court, and that as a direct result of his laziness and incompetence he had exposed a law firm he had worked for to a malpractice suit.†  (source)
  • His career had been spectacularly successful, and he'd advanced from wealthy courtroom lawyer to distinguished appellate judge.†  (source)
  • But I knew it would, at the very least, set up an extremely interesting appellate issue.†  (source)
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  • But that doesn't help us in appellate court.†  (source)
  • An appellate court might decide that de Wet had been too lenient and that we deserved the death penalty.†  (source)
  • I believe the appellate jurisdiction, as defined by the Constitution, is proper.†  (source)
  • As I turned the corner, I saw the AAG from the appellate division, Gordon Greenleaf, already waiting.†  (source)
  • They told him what would be the next turn in the Lingle case, or what the public-auction schedule would be, or about Appellate Court decisions before they were in print, or where there were hot goods, from furs to school supplies; so he had a line on Lollie from the beginning to the end.†  (source)
  • If he were wrong, there was the Appellate Division to which the defense could resort.†  (source)
  • In all the other Cases before mentioned, the Supreme Court shall have appellate Jurisdiction, both as to Law and Fact, with such Exceptions and under such Regulations as the Congress shall make.†  (source)
  • In all the other Cases before mentioned, the supreme Court shall have appellate Jurisdiction, both as to Law and Fact, with such Exceptions, and under such Regulations as the Congress shall make.†  (source)
  • Judge: family court, state supreme court, appellate division.  (source)
    appellate = relating to a higher court's hearing of legal appeals of a lower court
  • I piled up courses on constitutional law, litigation, appellate procedure, federal courts, and collateral remedies.†  (source)
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